I was planning to celebrate my eighteenth birthday in Europe this summer with my Manhattan friends Teddy Brill, Blake Morgan, and Viv Farnworth before I walked in on my boyfriend with my mother. According to the police report, this vile event occurred simultaneously with the bombing of my mother's mansion, allegedly carried out by me. You'd think I was strolling through Soho carrying dynamite in my Louis Vuitton handbag - nonsense! That's how my friends and I ended up in jail.

The officer who arrested us, Ford Gotti, a cop on a Harley Davidson, continues to poke his impeccably molded nose into my business. This beefy, tattooed superhero says I can trust him. He wants me to confess everything. It won't wait. Not this time. And anyway, why on earth? My friends and I once already came across a teenager, which almost backfired on us. So I just have to protect them and keep my mouth shut. Isn't it?

Lex Easton, a women's studies major, a motorcycle enthusiast, and a virgin.

University Courses is a new young adult contemporary book series about first love, independence, and true friendship .

Reader Warning: Contains material for readers over 17 years of age.